Our Crowd -- The Great Jewish Families Of New York
BIRMINGHAM, Stephen
Cover blurb:
"New York’s great Jewish banking families--aloof, mysterious, clannish; even arrogant. Considering themselves an elite, for generations the families married only within ‘our crowd’. Today, the branches of the family trees interlace endlessly.
‘Our Crowd’ provides a fascinating insider's view of one of the richest segments of a rich city: Jewish upper-class life in New York--vibrant, exotic, romantic, special. A city within a city: where sixty sat down for dinner attended by as many footmen; chateaux on Long Island, castles in Westchester; private railway cars, vast art collections; power, culture and the determination never to invade, or seem concerned to invade, the gentile 'Establishment'.
Remarkable individuals, resplendent dynasties--out of the opulent fabrics of their lives Stephen Birmingham has fashioned a superb social history."
"New York’s great Jewish banking families--aloof, mysterious, clannish; even arrogant. Considering themselves an elite, for generations the families married only within ‘our crowd’. Today, the branches of the family trees interlace endlessly.
‘Our Crowd’ provides a fascinating insider's view of one of the richest segments of a rich city: Jewish upper-class life in New York--vibrant, exotic, romantic, special. A city within a city: where sixty sat down for dinner attended by as many footmen; chateaux on Long Island, castles in Westchester; private railway cars, vast art collections; power, culture and the determination never to invade, or seem concerned to invade, the gentile 'Establishment'.
Remarkable individuals, resplendent dynasties--out of the opulent fabrics of their lives Stephen Birmingham has fashioned a superb social history."
ক্যাটাগোরিগুলো:
সাল:
1967
সংস্করণ:
Futura edition 1985
প্রকাশক:
Longmans, Green
ভাষা:
english
পৃষ্ঠা:
493
ISBN 10:
0708828353
ISBN 13:
9780708828359
ফাইল:
DJVU, 5.57 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1967